Curiosity Daily Podcast: Online Boomer Speak (w/ Gretchen McCulloch) and Is “Money Can’t Buy Happiness” True?

Learn why the phrase “money can’t buy happiness” isn’t always true. Then, learn how different generations write differently online, with some help from internet linguist and author Gretchen McCulloch.

August 27, 2019

Episode Show Notes:

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In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following story from Curiosity.com about why the saying “money can’t buy happiness” isn’t always true: https://curiosity.im/2KoFAiP

Additional resources from Gretchen McCullough:

“Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language” — https://amazon.com
Follow @GretchenAMcC on Twitter — https://twitter.com/GretchenAMcC
Official website — https://gretchenmcculloch.com/
Lingthusiasm, Gretchen’s podcast — https://lingthusiasm.com/

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